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by Hugo Claus Translated by Ruth Levitt Original title: De zwaardvis
This is a short but tense novel. It is a murder story; everything happens within a couple of days in the vicinity of one small Flemish town. There are only half a dozen characters. It is far less complicated than the author’s monumental masterpiece The Sorrow of Belgium, (more...)
by Hugo Claus Translated by Stacey Knecht Original title: Het verlangen
If Hugo Claus is Belgium’s main contender for the Nobel Prize, it is on account of novels like Desire, which fairly creak at the seams with significance although they are nevertheless a bit short on intellectual rigour. At the same time it is a rather good joke played on two literatures. (more...)
by Hugo Claus Translated by Arnold Pomerans Original title: Het verdriet van Belgie
The title of this bulky, gutsy, sprawling masterpiece written by one of the most distinguished writers in Dutch to emerge since the Second World War is more than just a descriptive label. (more...)
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